[CAUT] RE : Quick fix Duplex was duplex

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Needle the capo side of the hammer, almost into the strike point.
Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Marcel Carey <mcpiano at videotron.ca>
>Sent: Oct 26, 2006 2:59 PM
>To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut at ptg.org>
>Subject: [CAUT] RE :  Quick fix Duplex was duplex
>
Needle the capo side of the hammer, almost into the strike point.
Ed Sutton

>OK guys,
>
>This is mostly something that should be looked at and taken care of with
>restringing. Now, what do you do when the buzzing is getting in the way
>of a clean good sound and you're just there for the tuning. Have any of
>you found reasonable fix for this buzzing?
>
>My first tentative is to move the string side to side on the capo and
>sometimes on the front duplex as well. If no change happens (which is
>rare) or the change is not enough, I now try the "pitch lock" on 2 of
>the 3 strings (I try to find which one is the worst to start with). Now,
>if this doesn't work AND the piano is NOT in a concert hall, I will on
>occasion mute the whole thing. For concert hall pianos, I will mute the
>whole front duplex (temperament felt)if it disturbs my tuning and then I
>will remove my mute.
>
>Any other ideas ???
>
>Marcel Carey, RPT
>Sherbrooke, QC 
>